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Chennai Institute of Mental Health to become a regional centre of excellence - Volume 5 Issue 2: Disability News and Information Service for India

Chennai Institute of Mental Health to become a regional centre of excellence

D.N.I.S. News Network -Union Health
Minister AnbumaniRamadoss
has announced that the Institute of Mental Health in Chennai will be one of the
six mental health institutions to be upgraded as regional centres of
excellence. Moreover, the Union Government will invest in modernising mental
health institutions in India.

Addressing the
annual conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, he said Rs. 3 crore would be given to the
Chennai institution as an initial measure. The other centres of excellence are
located in Chandigarh,
Ranchi, Bangalore, Guwahati and Nagpur.

The Minister
announced that the move is part of a major programme to revamp institutional
infrastructure for better mental health care across India. He further stated that the
Government would invest in modernising the 36 mental health institutions in the
country. Nearly 1.5 crore people need
hospitalisation, while the bed strength is just around 10,000. Moreover, there
was only one psychiatrist per three lakh population,
and in rural areas there was only one psychiatrist per million of the
population, he said.